EU Notebook

Updated Oct. 11, 2001 12:01 a.m. ET

THE EU'S OLD GUARD lashes out at the new generation.

Three former commission presidents, four ex-EU prime ministers and a handful of other one-time big wigs aren't keen on the way Brussels is doing its job. They're sending a three-page letter-the title is "Wake Up Europe!" -- outlining their complaints to Parliament and the Belgian government, which currently holds the rotating EU presidency.